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donna
1[ dawn-nah ]
noun
- (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
- an Italian lady.
Donna
2[ don-uh ]
noun
- a female given name.
Donna
/ ˈdɒnə; ˈdɔnna /
noun
- an Italian title of address equivalent to Madam, indicating respect
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of donna1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of donna1
Example Sentences
I look around the rest of the squad and think they are over-paid prima donnas, the lot of them.
But Knight, Larraín, and Jolie are all careful to avoid reducing Callas to an over-the-top ableist stereotype or portraying her as the ruthless prima donna tigress the media painted her as.
Celebrities acting like prima donnas toward restaurant personnel isn’t anything new.
Conservative commentator Piers Morgan wrote: “It’s hard to imagine an American sporting team that’s made the country feel less proud than this bunch of ‘activist’ prima donnas.”
The original diva, which means "goddess" in Latin, referred to opera's leading ladies, or prima donnas.
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